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• continental system
  continental system

  noun

  French system.
• Continental System
  Continental System

  noun

  Napoleon's plan in 1806 to blockade Britain by excluding her ships from ports on the mainland of Europe

continental system

American  

noun

1. French system.

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Continental System British  

noun

1. Napoleon's plan in 1806 to blockade Britain by excluding her ships from ports on the mainland of Europe

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Etymology

Origin of continental system

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Moldova was also synchronized with the continental system.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022

The common life of our nation must now have a new orientation and must be integrated within the continental system of production and exchange.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is very clear that the 'balance of power' system of Europe, and the continental system which this war is waged on our part to sustain, are very unlike, if not antagonistic systems.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

After the ratification of the treaty of Tilsit, Napoleon, returning as we have seen to Paris, devoted all his energies to the perfect establishment of "the continental system."

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

So we became part of the continental system, and it became necessary for us to choose friends and partners and mark off other peoples as our enemies.

From Armageddon—And After by Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard)